Recent content by David Erickson

Thank you all for you wisdom and your assistance. First thing this am was to isolate the rudder from the pedestal by loosening the wire ropes attached to the quadrant. Thank God! The rudder is free. The thought of dropping the rudder had me quaking in my boots. Except for some very old grease...

1974 E29 Wheel steering. Never seen salt water. 2 years ago the wheel was free and the steering was easy. Last year I noticed the steering wasn't so easy. It was as if the (pardon my lack of terminology) steering wheel brake wasn't completely loosened. This year, and I due to issues ashore, I...

My '74 E29 has a hatch just aft of the mast. I would like to install a vang, but believe the open hatch will interfere with the vang. Can it be done?

Atomic 4 Yes to gasoline! Blower EVERY time! We've had two boat fires in Muskegon Lake in as many weeks. NOT something I want to experience first hand.

Atomic 4 transmission. Whew! Nothing broken in the transmission. The PO left out a pin and a couple other parts moved out of position and jammed up the works. I stared at the thing for half an hour, decided how things had to work, moved them into a position that seem right, added a pin where...

Atomic 4 Thanks Keith, I went to the transmission first thing. Locked up pretty solid even with the linkage removed from the engine shift lever. I'll be able to get deeper into it Monday, but I'm really hoping it's an adjustment issue. Seems like if something is actually broken, the engine...

Hi guys. Had my atomic 4 for 2 weeks now. Was working fine until today when it wouldn't sift into forward. I saw the inspection plate on the top, but the exhaust was hot and I had to ferry my family from the mooring ball to shore. With the holiday coming up (July 4th) I won't get to...